Breast-strap snap-hook and the like.



LREICHERT.

BREAST STRAP SNAP HOOK AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16,1915.

1,170,846. Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

Wiimaooao JOHN REICHEIERT, or RAG-rive, W scons n;

BREAST-STRAP sitar-see Ahfb was LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentegl 8 Original application filed May-2'2, 19*11, sens-r mi tea /es: nma es-11a r915. SeTiaIlNb; 9, 611;

To all whom it may waaem Be it known that I, JOHN Rnronnn'r, a eitizenof the United States, residing at Racine, in the county of Racine and State of WVisoonsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Breast-Strap Snap- Hooks and the like, of Whieh the following is a specification, this application being-filed as a division of Pate'nt No. 1,125,397, granted to me January 19, 1915,- on my application filed May 22, 1911, Serial No. 628,798;

Th-isinvention comprises certain improvements in and relating to breast strap connectors and the like; and the objects and nature of the invention Will be readily understood by those skilled in the art in the light of the following explanation of the accompanying drawings illustrating What I believe to be the preferred embodlment from among other formations and arrangements Within the spirit and scope of my invention. 7

An object of the invention is to provide a breast strap connector with an improved formation, arrangement and construction for the connection of a martingale or other part thereto.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and in combinations and arrangements as more fully and particularly set forth hereinafter.

Referring to the accompanying drawingsz Figure 1, is a perspective View 'of a combinedbreast strap snap and slide' construeted in accordance With my invention, the slide in this instance, embodying a roller. Fig. 2, is a perspective view, the martingale loop and the securing pivot being shown separated from the snap and slide yoke.

In the construction illustrated, the snap and slide comprises a snap hook having a shahkl, the hook bill 2, of which is guarded by spring actuated pivotal guard 8. The shank is formed integral With and depends fror'n a yoke carrying the slide Whichin this instance is formed by a roller. This yoke embodies a cross head 4, from whieh the shank centrally depends and upwardly eitending arms 5, usually parallel, and pre ject-ing upwardly from the outer ends of the dross head; A roller 6,'extends;betweenthe upper" ends of the arms oruprights fi, and

is j'GHT-h-ald therein Otherwise (J'Ohfihd thereto to rotate on a suitable axis, the ends being provided with transverse open"- for-this purpose.- This roller is usually parallel with the lower end 4 of the yoke 1S 'jwe'd- St flfsbiil'le therefrom its Will be Wll hhdi'StOGGl by thds lillled 111 the art. l i

Th yOke is pfdvidd' 21' martingale loop 7, pit otally joined thereto to swing vertically, a-s'iiitmble loose or pivotal coupling being-previde'diror this purpose, and this coupl'i-ng'fis preferably located at i a lovver eorne'r 'of'the -yoke,'and preferably remov- "ah-ly-itni'tes the loop to the yoke.

In the construction illustrated, the

. tingale loop is arranged transversely with respect to the yoke and is formed With a side epeaing, or in other Words the loop is split nd provided-With a pair Of separated alined laterally p'rej ect'ed enema-rs or eyes 70,having aline'd perforations to receive 'a ivot pin; or screw 8. These ears 70, are spaeeclhpait 'a distance so as to receive between them a coriier portloii of the yoke through which said pivot is passed;- I show the opposite corner portions of the yoke formed to fit between ,saiaearsef the loop and provided With perfo'ratioris 80, for the passage of said pivot. Bot-h corners of the yoke Can be so -for'rned and'perferatedtepermit application of the leap to either earner desired thereby renderingthe combined device reversible, although sT Es PATENT err-1on6 j i my invent-ion is not so limited. 'Thepivot I ispre'f'erably in the form of a headed machine'screiv passing loosely through one eye 70, and through the perforation 80, and

c ewing'intothe other eye 70, Which can tempt d er screw threaded for this purpose, By thus emp oying a leap ef this eenstru tien with removabl'e'mea-ns for cou 'plihg the same to they'oke, the loop can be readily removed hem one earner er the yoke" and-applied to the other eor'ner withmutate freeing with the roller '6, or other parts of the device, and rarthermorejpemn-iar advantages are attained by employing removable loop vvith separated attaohing ends or a side opening, masnitieh as the loop when so formed he passed elm-u h :a previously sewed loop fermed the end time martingele and ean 'be detaelied' therefrom .when the martingale is to be separated from the snap hook. By employing such arrangement and formation of loop, previously sewed martingales can be readily attached to and detached from the snap hooks when constructed in accordance with my invention, as will be understood by those skilled in the art.

' It will be understood by those skilled in the art, that when the devices illustrated, are in use applied to harness, the martingale loops extend upwardly at a rearward inclination from the pivots joining them to the breast strap and yoke connectors.

I have so located the martingale loop with respect to the various elements of the breast strap and yoke connector, as to perform the desired function of attaching the martingale, yet without interfering with the proper functions and operation of said various elements of the connector.- I have entirely removed the martingale loop from the shank or stem of the snap hook so as to allow free play of said hook without interference from or by the martingale and yet so as not to prevent or interfere with the free and proper movement of the slide on the breast strap. The martingale loop is so located, as hereinbefore described, as to exert its direct upward pull approximately longitudinally of the snap hook and without exerting lateral pull on the hook or on the yoke or slide and without tending to twist the connector and causelateral wear and cutting of straps connected therewith.

The various loops are so attached to the snaps that the strain of the loops on the snaps will not interfere with the proper working and operation of the snaps in connection with the breast straps and yokes and will not cause the breast strap slides to twist or unduly bear on the breast strap, and so that said loops do not in any way interfere with the snap hook guards and the easy operation thereof; The loops can be readily attached to and removed from the snap hooks andthe arrangement is such that the snap hook can be used without the loop, that is, that the provision for the attachment of the loop does not in any way interferewith the operation of the snap hook whether or not the loop is employed, and the loop can be applied to or removed from either side of the snap hook without detaching the snap hook or any of the essential parts thereof, and the loop can be as readily removedfrom and inserted in the sewed end of a martingale without cutting the stitching or in any way interfering with the formation of the martingale.

Provision is made for attachingthe loop at the proper position with respect to the snap hook and the part receiving the breast strap so as to properly distribute the strain of the martingale on the breast snap slide or roller and the snap hook. For instance, it will be noted that the loop is arranged between the breast strap receiving yoke and the bill of the snap hook close to or attached at the cross head at the upper end of the snap hook, and that the loop extends laterally beyond the hook andyoke and is free to swing vertically.

What I claim is:

1. A combined breast strap snap and slide consisting of a vertically-disposed yoke provided with a depending hook comprising a shank and a spring guard, a freely and vertically swingable martingale loop, and a removable coupling pivotally and removably joining said loop to the yoke approximately at a lower corner thereof and spaced a distance from the upper end of the shank and guard of the hook, the said loop being arranged to extend beside said yoke to exert upward pull on and approximately longitudinally of said hook, as and for the purposes substantially as described.

2. A breast strap snap and slide consisting of a yoke and a depending snap hook, the yoke being laterally enlarged with respect to the hook and having a transverse opening located approximately at a lower corner of the yoke, a vertically swingable loop coupled to the yoke at said opening, and a removable pin forming the axis on which said loop swings and removably coupling the loop to the yoke, substantially as described.

3. A combined breast strap snap and slide consisting of a yoke provided with a snap I hook depending centrally from the lower cross bar of the yoke, said yoke approximately at a lower corner thereof having a transverse perforation, a split martingale loop having rearwardly extending earsi straddling the yoke at said perforation, and a removable pivot passing through said ears and said perforation and pivotally coupling the loop to the yoke, so that said loop can swing up beside said yoke to exert upward pull approximately longitudinally of said hook, substantially as described.

4:. A combined breast strap snap and slide consisting of a yoke and a snap hook depending from the central portion of the lower cross bar of the yoke, said yoke formed with a transverse perforation approximately at a lower corner thereof, and a vertically swingable martingale loop having rearwardly extending ears straddling said yoke at said corner and pivotally joined thereto, a pivot being provided passing through said perforation.

5. A combined breast strap snap and slide consisting of a yoke having a hook depending from the central portion of its lower cross bar, said yoke having transverse per- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature foratlons at 1ts lower corners, a removable in presence of tWo vvltnesses. vertically swlngable loop havlng a pan of ears adapted to removably straddle either JOHN REIOHERT corner of the yoke, and a removable pivot Witnesses:

adapted to pass through said ears and either A. E. SORENSEN,

perforation. L. W. MILLS.

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